Golf tourney to benefit diocese’s ‘Mother Church’
As temperatures prepare to cool down, duffers are getting ready to participate in the sixth annual Friends of the Cathedral Golf Tournament Sept. 27 on the links at the JW Marriot Desert Ridge Resort and Spa.
Another ’40 Days’ one week away
The next 40 Days for Life prayer vigil starts Sept. 25 with a kickoff rally this weekend in Tempe. Five of the 306 sites largely stationed outside of abortion facilities lie within Diocese of Phoenix boundaries. Local pro-life Catholics, including some who are also involved with the Silent No More awareness campaign, are coordinating efforts.
Tom Peterson: Ad exec uses talents to bring Catholics home
At 35, Tom Peterson was a cradle Catholic who ran his own ad agency and never missed Mass. “But I lived in that lukewarm area where I could pick and choose,” Peterson said. He was prone to swearing and given to anger, busy running his agency.
Establishing common ground: Catholic schools adopt new curriculum standards for math, English
Whether they know it or not, Catholic school students at all 29 elementary and six high schools are now being held to a new learning benchmark known as the Arizona’s Common Core Standards.
‘Padre’s Pies’ feed student scholarships
Some ingredients remain a baker’s secret, but the most important part of one pie-maker’s recipe for success is clear: it needs faith. Or, to quote the bold black letters in the corner of his custom-made apron: “add Jesus.”
New Chancellor for the Phoenix Diocese devoted to family, faith
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted installed Dr. Maria Chavira as the new chancellor of the Diocese of Phoenix at a Mass Aug. 20 at the Diocesan Pastoral Center. Surrounded by her family, the new chancellor was introduced to diocesan staff.
Catholic universities ‘come from the heart of the Church’
The Catholic Church has had a profound connection with the concept of higher education in the pursuit of truth, dating back a millennium to the founding of the first universities in Europe.
Church embraces those with same-sex attraction, says ‘Courage’ director
Fr. Paul Check, the national director of Courage, an apostolate that seeks to minister to those with same-sex attraction, will visit Phoenix Oct. 11 to address members of the Catholic Physicans Guild and clergy.
Bourgade opens old building to students, bishop dedicates permanent altar
Students at Bourgade Catholic High School finally have access to one of the oldest buildings on campus — the Hillmann Center— and they have a new hall to go with it. The project also revamped the chapel in a neighboring structure.
Bishop Nevares takes part in death penalty summit
Members of a group known as Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona helped organize a legislative summit Sept. 13 at the Arizona State Senate. Eight speakers — including Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares — addressed a crowded hearing room regarding both the costs and the justice of the death penalty.